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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode VI

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Grant me a robe of light, O Thou Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, O most merciful Christ our God.

¶2

Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel: “Seeking the highest....”—

¶3

Having mortified the senses with asceticism, thou didst come to control the passions; and now, O Theophylactus, thou delightest in the splendors of dispassion.

¶4

Theotokion: Though He became flesh for our sake, yet in the beauty of His divinity was thy Son more comely than all men, O all-pure one.

¶5

Thou didst teach all to bow down before the image of the Savior, having shone forth in thy works and teachings, O Theophylactus.

¶6

Christ showed thee to be a cloud which poureth forth a shower of life, O Theophylactus, holy hierarch of God.

¶7

Thou wast shown to be a radiant beacon unto the ends of the earth, O holy hierarch Theophylactus; and having preached the Word Who is of one essence with the Father and the Spirit, thou didst enlighten the council of the godly fathers, and wast shown to be a favorite of the Trinity, standing before Whom pray thou unceasingly in behalf of us all.

Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.

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